Recently, 'Long COVID' is becoming a significant issue worldwide. It refers to a variety of symptoms that persist over an extended period after the patient has recovered from a novel coronavirus ...
Cushing's syndrome is a complex endocrine disorder resulting from chronic hypercortisolism, which may arise from endogenous or exogenous sources. One of the most challenging diagnostic dilemmas in ...
Sitting above each kidney are two small endocrine glands about the size of walnuts. These are the adrenal glands, responsible ...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A case study of a 65-year-old man in Japan with long COVID describes how he recovered from certain ...
A research team confirmed that interference with the action of arginine vasopressin and corticotrophin-releasing hormone inhibits stress responses in rats during moderate-intensity exercise. Their ...
In part I of this series, we explored the history of stress and discussed the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) model. We left off discussing the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenalcortical (HPA) axis and ...
In addition to new medications to treat this enzyme deficiency, research is underway on easier hormone sampling and fixing the gene mutation that causes CAH.